The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 21,705 - Oct 1 1999

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Clues Answers
A bit of reading matter, enough to absorb Henry in exercises PAMPHLET
A Kipling character with offensive smell needs to be given elbow-room AKIMBO
A poster to show where the big ships come SEAPORT
A river almost blue ANIL
Attracts casual workers filling in time TEMPTS
Become engaged by the network MESH
Big Eddy West takes pupils on the trombone when half-cut MAELSTROM
Cooked sweet course in the garden? CHERRYPIE
Country of a certain diameter INDIA
Creditworthy? BELIEVABLE
Depression becomes a non-starter with thrust from aircraft EJECTION
Despondency after trumpet's first blow THUMP
Disgraceful, but nothing to rouse a gut reaction OUTRAGEOUS
Distanced by a date-line blunder ALIENATED
Every bill coming in he sent back EACH
Clues Answers
Fired type went in the van KINDLED
Grew to become refined CULTIVATED
In another second there'll be language! ERSE
Insensitive rendering of 'bust' in Old English OBTUSE
Make a killing? Leave it tidy! CLEANUP
My zeal, born afresh, is for heraldic devices EMBLAZONRY
Place a tune's provenance and describe succinctly ENCAPSULATE
Putting off a popular music presenter with our northern pieces and starting talks ADJOURNMENT
Quoted about an instance in vain CONCEITED
Scandinavian rider lost his head but gained a point NORSEMAN
Silence, please, for the game WHIST
Take a stroll with delicacy - make it a dance! CAKEWALK
Talk that's direct ADDRESS
With work, encountered overtime TEMPO
Woodcutter with no axe to grind? SAWYER